The NAOSMM Seminar and Trade Show Attendance Grant and Newsline Advertising Grant was established in 1992 with the purpose of helping NAOSMM regular members attend the yearly conference and trade show by providing funding to help offset their conference travel and lodging expenses.

The NAOSMM Seminar and Trade Show Attendance Grant is funded primarily from Newsline advertising revenues and through donations from corporations and companies who wish to assist NAOSMM members who do not have financial support to attend the yearly Conference and Trade Show. These corporate or company donations will be combined into a single fund and distributed by the Awards Committee per established guidelines. The donating corporation or company cannot specify a donation for any NAOSMM member. The amount of the donation is at the discretion of each contributing corporation or company. Each year, NAOSMM publishes an alphabetical listing of the corporations or companies who contributed to this grant in the NAOSMM Seminar and Trade Show Program and the Newsline. This fund will be divided into non-repayable awards and given to regular NAOSMM members who meet the established guidelines.